Diver Logbook by Steve Liscoe, 1990 season

Date:: 30 Apr 1990 - 9 Oct 1990

Reference:: ADU01/03/10

Type:: Diary/Journal

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Description

Logbook consists of A4 loose leaf pages written by Steve Liscoe based on the handwriting. Volume covers 30 April 1990 - 09 OCT 1990. Daily entries record the dive team's activities including: setting up the boat, diving operations, equipment maintenance, numerous attempts at fixing Decca, liaising with local divers and contacts, weather conditions, survey methods, geophysical survey information, datums, transits, several site sketches, observations of the fieldwork, details of unlicenced diving on protected wreck incident, NAS course, and personal comments. Wrecks covered are: Schiedam, St Anthony, Rill Cove, Church Rocks, Larne, Robin Hood, Anne off Rye, Tile barge, several anomalies off Rye, Amsterdam, Invincible, Langdon Bay, wreck off Ramsgate, Hazardous, Sand Vac S.I.C. wreck Shetlands, Queen of Sweden, Wrangels Palais, wrecks off Portmadoc in the causeway, wreck off Kingsbridge, Cannon site 'Dragon', Coronation, Beauviorus off Penzance and Hope Cove gun site off Plymouth. Of the four diver logbooks for the 1990 season (ADU01/03/10-13), this one is the most comprehensive and colourful in its personal account of the diving season.

Content

This is part of the Series: ADU01/03 Dive Logbooks Series; within the Collection: ADU01 Archaeological Diving Unit Archive

Rights

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: University Of St Andrews Archaeological Diving Unit

Creator of Archive: Liscoe, Steve

Keywords

Late 20th Century Wreck, Archaeological Dive Site